1922 Hungarian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 28 May and 2 June 1922.[1] The result was a victory for the Unity Party (a renamed National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party),[2] which won 140 of the 245 seats in Parliament, the vast majority in "open" constituencies where there was no secret ballot.[2]

1922 Hungarian parliamentary election
Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)
← 1920 28 May–2 June 1922 1926 →

All 245 seats in the Diet
123 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Unity István Bethlen 38.18 140 +28
MSZDP Károly Peyer 17.00 25 New
Andrássy-Friedrich Gyula Andrássy 6.35 11 New
NDPLE Vilmos Vázsonyi 4.87 7 +1
KNEP Károly Wolff 4.33 10 −72
FKFPP 4.09 5 New
Christian Socialist István Haller 4.00 6 +3
Christian Unity Károly Huszár 3.65 5 New
F48P Tivadar Batthyány 2.04 1 +1
'48 Smallholders 1.65 2 New
National Civic 1.39 2 New
Christian Opposition 1.26 2 New
Workers' Party 0.48 1 0
KFIP 0.22 1 New
Liberal Opposition 0.18 1 New
Independents 8.93 26 +14
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election
István Bethlen
EP
István Bethlen
EP

Electoral system edit

Prior to the election the United Party-led government changed the electoral system in order to ensure it retained its leading position.[2] This involved reintroducing open elections and restricting the electoral census. The reforms were passed by a decree by Prime Minister István Bethlen as Parliament had already been dissolved.

For the election the country was divided into 219 constituencies. Of these, 215 were single member constituencies and four multi-member constituencies. Within the 215 single member constituencies, only 20 were elected by secret ballot, the remainder (which were rural constituencies)[2] using open elections.[3] All four multi-member constituencies used secret ballots.[3]

Results edit

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Unity Party623,20138.18140+28
Social Democratic Party of Hungary277,48117.0025New
Andrássy-Friedrich Party103,7056.3511New
United National Democratic and Liberal Opposition79,4344.877+1
Christian National Union Party70,7484.3310–72
Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party66,6934.095New
Christian Socialist Party65,3254.006+3
Alliance of Christian Unity59,5083.655New
Party of Independence and '4833,2202.041+1
'48 Smallholders Party26,9721.652New
National Civic Party22,7641.392New
Christian Opposition20,6101.262New
National Defence Party8,0670.4900
Hungarian Workers' Party7,7680.4810
Christian Agricultural Workers and Craftsmen Party3,5840.221New
Liberal Opposition2,9290.181New
National Democratic Party1,9440.120
Economic Policy Party7,5450.460New
Christian National Party3,5470.220–2
Hungarian National Socialist Bloc1,4230.0900
Independents145,8368.9326+14
Total1,632,304100.00245+26
Registered voters/turnout2,382,158
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By constituency type edit

PartyOpen SMCs[a]Secret SMCs[b]MMCsTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Unity Party585,55153.1013326,76519.58610,8852.771140+28
Social Democratic Party of Hungary69,5016.30540,26829.467167,71242.681325New
Andrássy-Friedrich Party77,6127.0496,1514.50019,9425.08211New
United National Democratic and Liberal Opposition79,43420.2277+1
Christian National Union Party62,4705.6798,2786.06110–72
Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party61,2665.5645,4273.9715New
Christian Socialist Party48,6534.4154,2123.08012,4603.1716+3
Alliance of Christian Unity59,50815.1455New
Party of Independence and '4823,7952.1615,6744.1503,7510.9501+1
'48 Smallholders Party26,9722.4522New
National Civic Party7,4820.6815,8094.2519,4732.4102New
Christian Opposition6,7800.61113,8303.5212New
National Defence Party4,6440.4203,4230.87000
Hungarian Workers' Party7,7680.70110
Christian Agricultural Workers and Craftsmen Party3,5840.3311New
Liberal Opposition2,9290.2711New
National Democratic Party1,9441.4200
Economic Policy Party7,5451.9200New
Christian National Party3,5470.9000–2
Hungarian National Socialist Bloc1,4230.36000
Independents113,67310.312232,16323.53426+14
Total1,102,680100.00195136,691100.0020392,933100.0030245+26
Valid votes1,102,680100.00392,93396.76
Invalid/blank votes00.0013,1673.24
Total votes1,102,680100.00406,100100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,553,18470.99153,024444,71091.32
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes edit

  1. ^ The number of votes refers to only 170 of the 195 open single member constituencies, as the remaining 25 were uncontested.[3]
  2. ^ The number of votes refers to only 12 of the 20 secret single member constituencies.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p899 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ a b c d Nohlen & Stöver, p876
  3. ^ a b c d Nohlen & Stöver, pp916-917